Introduction

In this chapter, the authors recognize that resistance occurring digitally is a relatively new vehicle for Latina women’s organizing efforts denouncing misogynist policies, laws, and practices of hetero patriarchal-capitalism. They also recognize that most research excludes lesbian and queer Latinas organizing in urban centers and our edited volume seeks to highlight the growing importance of these communities in the analysis of urban politics. The contributors to the project come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and link their own unique theoretical interpretations and methodological approaches to the analysis of Latina/x women’s agency in community organizing and social movements in urban spaces. For the various communities, and for Latinas/xs in particular, Spanish is the language of everyday life, political resistance, and community-based cultural organizing in urban spaces. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.